NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
Around 33% higher pipelines: 640 vs 2x 240
Around 7% better floating-point performance: 1,271 gflops vs 2x 596.2 gflops
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 55 nm
3.9x lower typical power consumption: 75 Watt vs 289 Watt
Around 14% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1792 MB
4x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 999 MHz
2.1x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 2554 vs 1206
2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 256 vs 103
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3289 vs 3107
Around 6% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3289 vs 3107

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	13 March 2015 vs 8 January 2009
Pipelines	640 vs 2x 240
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops vs 2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm vs 55 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt vs 289 Watt
Maximum memory size	2 GB vs 1792 MB
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz vs 999 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	2554 vs 1206
PassMark - G2D Mark	256 vs 103
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289 vs 3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289 vs 3107

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

Around 36% higher core clock speed: 1242 MHz vs 914 MHz
2.3x more texture fill rate: 92.2 billion / sec vs 39.72 GTexel / s
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 21048 vs 9889
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3443 vs 2188
Around 57% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3443 vs 2188

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	1242 MHz vs 914 MHz
Texture fill rate	92.2 billion / sec vs 39.72 GTexel / s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	21048 vs 9889
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	3443 vs 2188
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	3443 vs 2188

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

2554

1206

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

256

103

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

9889

21048

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

3443

GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2188

3443

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

3107

GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)

GPU 1

GPU 2

3289

3107

Name	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
PassMark - G3D Mark	2554	1206
PassMark - G2D Mark	256	103
Geekbench - OpenCL	9889	21048
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1973
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2188	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2188	3443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	3289	3107
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	3289	3107

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950A	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
Essentials
Architecture	Maxwell	Tesla 2.0
Code name	GM107	GT200B
Launch date	13 March 2015	8 January 2009
Place in performance rating	926	928
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Launch price (MSRP)		$500
Price now		$159.99
Value for money (0-100)		8.53
Technical info
Boost clock speed	993 MHz
Core clock speed	914 MHz	1242 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,271 gflops	2x 596.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	55 nm
Pipelines	640	2x 240
Texture fill rate	39.72 GTexel / s	92.2 billion / sec
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	75 Watt	289 Watt
Transistor count	1,870 million	1,400 million
CUDA cores		480
CUDA cores per GPU		240
Maximum GPU temperature		105 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs	2x DVI, 1x HDMI, Two Dual Link DVIHDMI
Audio input for HDMI		S / PDIF
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution		2048x1536
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)	PCIe 2.0 x16
Height		4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length		10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options		Quad
Supplementary power connectors		6-pin & 8-pin
API support
DirectX	12.0 (11_0)	10.0
OpenGL	4.6	2.1
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	1792 MB
Memory bandwidth	64 GB / s	223.8 GB / s
Memory bus width	128 Bit	896 Bit
Memory clock speed	4000 MHz	999 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR3
Memory interface width per GPU		448 Bit
Standard memory config per GPU		896 MB
Technologies
3D Vision
CUDA
High Dynamic-Range Lighting (HDRR)		128bit
SLI